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<p>This manual is the API specification for the IBust.
	    IBust is built upon GObject and D-Bus,
	    so you may find that modules are named as classes and objects in the sense of GObject,
	    and may D-Bus wrapper API.</p>
<p>According to the puroposes of modules, we categorized them into following parts:</p>
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<td><p><span class="term">Panel</span></p></td>
<td><p>A IBust-panel is an UI which provides UI components such as language bar,
		      property buttons and so on.</p></td>
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<td><p><span class="term">Input method engine (IME)</span></p></td>
<td><p>An Input method engine is an implementation of certain input method.
		      Here lists essential classes and functions for input method engine building,
		      such as engine specification, and class abstracts.</p></td>
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<td><p><span class="term">Configuration</span></p></td>
<td><p>This part lists functions for configuring IBust and engines.
		      Since most configuration files are in XML format,
		      XML handling functions are also listed here.</p></td>
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<td><p><span class="term">Communication</span></p></td>
<td><p>Here lists the service communication functions.</p></td>
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<td><p><span class="term">Internal</span></p></td>
<td><p>Definition and functions for IBust internal use.</p></td>
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<p>Normally input method developers need only to read the first three parts.
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